pumping and consuming alcohol

New mom - actually not due for 2 weeks - but have been wondering about bf and consuming alcohol. I have heard that I will need to pump and freeze/store a weeks worth of milk in order to make sure I don't feed dd anything contaminated with alcohol, and then have also heard that I just have to wait 24 hours... Any one know anything regarding this accurately? Thanks a million!!

New mom - actually not due for 2 weeks - but have been wondering about bf and consuming alcohol. I have heard that I will need to pump and freeze/store a weeks worth of milk in order to make sure I don't feed dd anything contaminated with alcohol, and then have also heard that I just have to wait 24 hours... Any one know anything regarding this accurately? Thanks a million!!

If I have one drink, I still bf. But, it takes about 2 hrs for each drink to leave your system on average. I read that if your sober enough to drive, your sober enough to bf. I am going out tomorrow night for the first time and my LO will be getting freezer stash for 24 hrs. I don't think I'll have 12 drinks, but just in case. Haha.

If I have one drink, I still bf. But, it takes about 2 hrs for each drink to leave your system on average. I read that if your sober enough to drive, your sober enough to bf. I am going out tomorrow night for the first time and my LO will be getting freezer stash for 24 hrs. I don't think I'll have 12 drinks, but just in case. Haha.

Theres no need to give LO frozen milk for 24 hours unless you have gotten so drunk that you have alcohol poisoning. One or 2 drinks is fine before you need to pump & dump. I have done this several times & there hasn't been any problems on my end. PP is right--if you can drive, then you can BF. Just remember that if you do decide to give frozen milk, you need to make sure you are pumping when LO eats or your supply will decrease. The test strips have been taken off the market in the US so if you live here, you probably won't be able to find them. HTH

Theres no need to give LO frozen milk for 24 hours unless you have gotten so drunk that you have alcohol poisoning. One or 2 drinks is fine before you need to pump & dump. I have done this several times & there hasn't been any problems on my end. PP is right--if you can drive, then you can BF. Just remember that if you do decide to give frozen milk, you need to make sure you are pumping when LO eats or your supply will decrease. The test strips have been taken off the market in the US so if you live here, you probably won't be able to find them. HTH

On average it takes approx 2-hrs for a standard drink to be cleared from a womans breastmilk.

It all comes down to your weight kg's / standard drink V's time....Eg: for a 55kg woman who has consumed x1 standard alcoholic beverage, it takes approx 1:55mins for the alcohol to be clear from her breastmilk.

Also pumping and dumping does NOT rid the alcohol from your breastmilk, only TIME will. Very helpful link below :-)

http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/ABA_Alchohol_BF.pdf

On average it takes approx 2-hrs for a standard drink to be cleared from a womans breastmilk.

It all comes down to your weight kg's / standard drink V's time....Eg: for a 55kg woman who has consumed x1 standard alcoholic beverage, it takes approx 1:55mins for the alcohol to be clear from her breastmilk.

Also pumping and dumping does NOT rid the alcohol from your breastmilk, only TIME will. Very helpful link below :-)

They are back on the market in the US. I've heard they were taken of the market because doctors were trying to get them banned. They felt that by having test strips it would encourage BFing mommies to drink more then they should on a regular basis. There isn't actually anything wrong with the strips.

They are back on the market in the US. I've heard they were taken of the market because doctors were trying to get them banned. They felt that by having test strips it would encourage BFing mommies to drink more then they should on a regular basis. There isn't actually anything wrong with the strips.

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